[Letter written by John Shaw Billings to potential donor]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- National Library of Medicine (U.S.), publisher.
- Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Correspondence as Topic Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913.
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- Handwritten letter by John Shaw Billlings to potential library donor. Image caption on page 25 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "In this letter to a potential donor, May 13, 1872, John Shaw Billings explained his ambition for the library: 'I am trying to form a great national Medical Library here - a work of great labor - which I am satisfied can only be done under government auspices. We have now about 18,000 vols - on our shelves in the fireproof building of the Army Med Museum. Catalogued and open to the profession - and it is now on a proper basis as the Medical Section of the National or Congressional Library. I want to make it as complete as it can be made and the great difficulty of course is to get old pamphlets - and to complete our files of journals.'"
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- US National Library of Medicine
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101706780 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101706780